#pragma ident "$Id$"

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//
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//============================================================================
//
//This software developed by Applied Research Laboratories at the University of
//Texas at Austin, under contract to an agency or agencies within the U.S. 
//Department of Defense. The U.S. Government retains all rights to use,
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//=============================================================================

#ifndef FFIDENTIFIER_HPP
#define FFIDENTIFIER_HPP

/** @file This is a class that iteratively tries each of the FormattedFile
    classes to see what format a file is in.
*/

#include <string>

namespace gpstk
{

   // A function object to figure out what format a file is
   class FFIdentifier
   {
   public:
      enum FFType
      {
         tUnknown,
         tRinexObs,
         tRinexNav,
         tRinexMet,
         tSMODF,
         tFIC,
         tMDP,
         tSP3,
         tMSC,
         tYuma,
         tSEM,
         tAshtechSerial,
         tNovatelOem
      };

      FFIdentifier()
         : fileType(tUnknown) {};
      FFIdentifier(const std::string& fn)
         throw(FileMissingException);
      FFIdentifier(const FFIdentifier& right)
         : fileType(right.fileType) {};

      operator FFType() {return fileType;}

      static std::string describe(FFType thisId);

      static int debugLevel;

   private:
      FFType fileType;


   };


}



#endif
